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FRIDAY: E.P.A. Administrator Visiting Georgia Tech to Discuss Manufacturing Innovation and Environmental Sustainability

Category: Grants and Awards
Type: News
Source: EPA
Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015


ATLANTA - On Friday, E.P.A. Administrator Gina McCarthy will visit Georgia Tech to speak about the connection between manufacturing innovation and environmental sustainability. McCarthy will meet with in excess of 50 high school students and faculty participating in the 2016 Inventure Challenge. The competition, which about 50 area high schools are joining, serves as a venue for broadening participation and diversity of K-12 students into the STEM pipeline. This will be followed by a tour of the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute. The institute brings together top researchers and thought leaders to focus on U.S. jobs growth, global competitiveness, and advancing economic and environmental sustainability.


Friday, October 2, 2015
11:00 a.m. EDT

WHAT: E.P.A. Administrators Visit to Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute

WHO: Gina McCarthy, E.P.A. Administrator
Dr. Ben Wang, Executive Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
WHERE: Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Callaway Manufacturing Research Center Building,
813 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, Georgia 30332


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